By Teppei Kasai TOKYO (Reuters) – If Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder and CEO of SoftBank Corp needs a fresh strategy to fend off a surprise French counterbid for a prized U.S. telecoms target, he could do worse than ask budding entrepreneurs at the SoftBank Academia. Here, some 300 or so aspiring leaders – split about evenly between company insiders and entrepreneurs from outside – brainstorm ideas and vie to catch Sons eye, with a chance hell offer them a job or invest in their company, or even choose them as his heir to run Japans second most valuable listed company. The Academia, set up by Son four years ago, meets once or twice a month in the 25th floor cafeteria of SoftBanks Tokyo headquarters.
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